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Louis Ryan Meadows Date of Birth: 07/21/1942 Date of Death: 12/03/2012 Louis Ryan Meadows of Dry Ridge, KY passed away December 3, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Ft. Thomas, KY. He was born July 21, 1942 in English, KY. He was a 1960 graduate of the Carroll Co. High School in Carrollton, KY and a 1964 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University. He taught High School Math until his retirement in 1994. Louis started the Kentucky Girls Basketball Network and wrote newsletters to keep the fans informed. He collected Elvis Records and enjoyed watching Westerns and old movies. Louis is survived by one brother, Marion Wayne Meadows and one sister, Priscilla Shipman, both of Madison, IN. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins, and one aunt. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents. There will be no visitation or services. Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home in Williamstown, KY is handling the final arrangements.

Bill, My understanding is that Kentucky and Ohio's committee reps on rules committee has tried to get that one changed for years. The committee is one from each state, and many of them think that by having 15 and a loss of down, it makes it on par with defensive interference being 15 and an automatic first down. personally feel like it is like saying a large apple equals a large orange, but it has been a difficult rule to get changed according to committee members.

I agree with Scott, but primarily because people keep adding extra letters to it ("County") Amazing how many people out of N KY make that mistake

You lived up to your own quote. JC didn't HAVE to count anything. JC has CHOSEN to change the way they report data to the state. Be sure your facts are straight. The decision on how and whom to report was SOLELY the district choice.

http://www.khsaa.tv for all sports championships.

Mostly those that don't have a chinaman's chance of ever seeing one in their school trophy case.

But they have to have five days in practice without pads. Then when they put on pads (on the 6th day), they then have to practice five days in pads before going against another school in a game or scrimmage of any type.

It's my understanding that two years ago the KHSAA put this in their rules. I find it at http://www.khsaa.org/handbook/tournamentrules/fbtournamentrules.pdf on page 4 and 5 where it says item "G" for video standards. It used to be recommended, but at the request of the state coaches association and the Commissioner's Football Advisory Committee, it was made mandatory. There are penalties in place if its not complied with in postseason, for the regular season, most schools put adherence in their game contracts. Eliminates the days of "my dog ate the video" or the trade copy somehow being green and blue while the home copy was perfect. Hope this helps.

There are times you can be technically correct, and still be wrong. This may have been one of those times. In NFHS, you cannot in any way make contact with the fielder making a play if the contact is made beyond the base. The penalty if that is determined, especially if in judgement of umpire, prevents double play, is awarding of double play. Technically supported, but gets back to the age old argument, when is a foul a foul.

Sorry to correct you, but all levels have the same limit. 36 games, all must be complete before Saturday preceding district. After that point, only varsity can keep playing.

It was read. But you have to understand. Each state is to ISSUE the interps for their states, but they all are to give the same answers, and it is to be based solely on the rules, not their personal opinions. There may be a local officials group that isn't getting the message or is being erroneously influenced. But the FB rules committee is one member from each state. And the only way the state loses their seat on the committee is to not go by the published playing rules, period. I don't think the voting members from those states (Mr. Zaborniak from Ohio or Mr. Gannaway from Illinois) would contradict those published rules and forfeit their seats and disallow their states from having a vote.

Might want to check. All states (except Mass and Texas) use the same rule book and can't vary interpretations of basic rules. They can differ in mechanics, but not rules.

They are in college, that creates a lot of HS confusion. Who can decipher pro rules.

And sometimes, didn't have room for everyone. Oh yeah, that was low.

But with a long-term obligation afterwards that some just don't want to make. It's a heck of a trade-off.

Word out of Northern Kentucky is that Coach Schneider will be having surgery on Monday to take care of many of the issues that have been bothering him. Coach is a very private person about himself and doesn't want a lot of attention, calls, etc. (isn't taking most of them anyway). But certainly all of us could take a moment and ask for some help and healing hands his way.

There's another misconception about that rule. Remember the rule is closely guarded. That means two different words that have important meaning. Just because they are within six feet, doesn't mean the count starts. That's the "closely" part. They also have to be "guarded" actively by the defender playing defense. For me as a long time ref, the one I hated to hear fans holler about was "over the back". There is no such rule. That's like "reaching in". No such thing either. I can be taller than the player blocking me out, reach over, get the ball, and be perfectly legal. Now if I touch the player while doing that, that's another thing. Same on the "reaching". Anyone can reach, but you can't hit someone. Just a couple.

And those decisions are not made until late May each year, long after hotels, and other necessary arrangements are booked up and not competitively priced.

Nothing has changed from past years. In the past, the school coaches didn't buy all of the all session passes, but this year they did. That makes a difference. They have had ticket order forms on the internet for the better part of six weeks, that how lots of people got them. Frankly, if you want to stay all day, probably no one will run you out is my guess. But who the heck wants to stay all day, be captive to concession food, and not at least see some other part of the town. From what I can read, nothing has changed in years with their procedures.

Sorry to disappoint you oldguy, but our coaches were told today that only the Creason lot and the structures will be charging. Although Friday with classes, it is certainly "catch as catch can".

Without the typical not-thought-through reactive answer that "football is different", explain why the other sports should have teams with sub .500 records in their playoffs? This isn't the NBA, NFL or even college. This is a participation-based level of sport, not an achievement-based level. It is a supportive activity to be done as a partner with getting an education, not the sole reason for being. Do you are least feel the same way about the other sports?

Don't blame classification for spread scores. Caverna just isn't very good and Mayfield is likely the best team in 1A. Wouldn't matter what the situation. The spread scores started years ago when four teams came to the playoffs, not when the other classes changed. And how about just getting over it and enjoying a good win. Or must there always be something to complain about.

Don't jump to the conclusion that it was a heart attack. Time will tell.

Totally true. Home teams sets site. Teams have to agree on date and time, but home team exclusively sets site. That time of year, many fields have been destroyed by multiple football team levels, bands, soccer and other activities. If they can find a more suitable location, the home team, IMHO, should move the game and simply tell the visitors where it will be played. Unlike baseball, there are no adopted standards for field size, bleacher size, etc. that I am aware of.

Totally incorrect. The assigning secretary only schedules what games are requested by the schools. Period. The Lafayette Athletic Director dropped the ball, and then both schools should be held accountable for not double checking. It didn't help that Fayette County was out of school on Thursday and Friday. Most of the time, the home team bookkeeper is actually the double check when checks are to be made out.